Characterization of the chromosomal aminoglycoside 2'-N- acetyltransferase gene from Mycobacterium fortuitum

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2350-2355

  Aínsa, José A ^a   Martin, Carlos ^a   Gicquel, Brigitte ^b   Gomez Lus, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2' N ETHYLNETILMICIN; 6' N ETHYLNETILMICIN; ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; DIBEKACIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GENTAMICIN; NETILMICIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029842790     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.10.2350     Document Type: Article

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